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I was again playing with the awesome Sale-A-Bration Sycamore Street DSP (FREE with a $60 order!!), and came up with a pretty trendy card, me thinks. The colors and everything remind me of spring, on a day when we had a winchill of -45C or -49F. Yep, it's cold, but in the craft room, it is looking brighter.

Pool Party, Island Indigo (same color as this card), Crumb Cake and Calypso Coral, all come together for a crisp card that has a springtime feel. I used the new hexagon embossing folder for the bottom of the card, but made my own medallion to go under the sentiment. Wanna know how ??

I just used this edgelit die and flipped it each way to make the crumb cake and indigo island layers. EASY !! I just eyeballed it to make sure it was centered. The sentiment is nicely embossed with white and then I also added the paper piercing. There is a lot of textures and patterns on this card, yet it still remains a simple look, I think. The butterfly was punched twice ; once with calypso coral and then card stock weight vellum. I glued them together in the center and then added the pearls to the body. The pearls on the layer and the ribbon were the finishing touches. Hope you like it. Have fun and happy stamping!!

 

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Hexagon Birthday

I am voicing with the masses, that we need a punch for the new embossing folder in the spring mini. That hexagon design is awesome, but it is a pain to cut each one out seperately, if you want to fill them in. BUT, I had to do it ... lol

Island Indigo is the main contrast color, and it looks so bright with the new DSP, Sycamore Street, something to look forward to from the new Sale-A-Bration flyer that starts today! I used one of the dies from Apothecary Accents and punched holes in the 1/2 circle to make a perfect sentiment plate. Tying it on with the matching ribbon just brings it all together so nicely. A cheery card for the next person on the birthday list. Have fun and happy stamping !!

Masculine Birthday ... Simplified

I made another card, simplified, like the last one, but went with a masculine theme. These types of cards are perfect for the guys, they don't want the fancy ribbons, or bows. I did add some brads in the corners, to "up" the overall design of the card,  but is still easy peasy!

This time when I masked, I first sponged the edges with more mustard. Then I stamped the leaves from Gently Falling in soft suede, more mustard and pumpkin pie. I added the sentiment, and done. Seriously, this card too only about 10 minutes. I do have some other ideas on how to spice up the simple cards and you may see them soon. Have fun and happy stamping!!

Back To Basics

I started a card class, and half of the girls have never really stamped before, so I am going back to the basics. I need to show them how to make gorgeous cards, without all the special gadgets, because they don't have those at home yet !! They need a chance to get there, but in the meantime, deserve to know what they can do with what they have at home already. This card is one of those basic cards.

This is done with basic masking and stamping, that's it. I cut my mask to be 1 1/2 inches wide and used the Dotto removable adhesive to hold it down. I then took a new stamp, Secret Garden (Clear : 129144), from the new mini and stamped over it. I used certainly celery, regal rose and so saffron.  The sentiment came from Blessings from Heaven (Clear : 123052). I got this idea from a snowflake card on Pinterest. I wanted more color, and this would be great for a birthday card, as well.

Sometimes going back to the basics is a nice change. Have fun and happy stamping!!

Merry (After) Christmas

We had a great card class right before Christmas, and I just realized I totally forgot to show you the card we made !!

An elegant and classic look, but yet can easily be switched to a birthday, sympathy, etc. by changing the colors.

This card uses silver and white CS, with vellum. The solid Christmas tree is stamped on white CS in sahara sand, while the vellum is stamped with the outline and star in basic grey. I used the silver brads to hold the vellum on, since glue is unsightly on the front of a card ... lol. Since the flag sticks out past the card, you would need a larger envelope to mail this one, but it looks so nice, I didn't care.

Thanks for stopping in, have fun and happy stamping !!